Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia (USSR), Sweden and the United Kingdom. Personal life Vágner died in Dvůr Králové nad Labem on May 6, 2000. He and his wife Zdena had three sons and two daughters. Vágner spoke Czech, Russian, German, English, French and Swahili. Politics Vágner was a member of the Communist Party from 1949 to 1970, when his membership was annulled, due to his opposition to the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. In 1989-1990 he was one of the spokespersons of the Civic Forum, the opposition movement set up during the Velvet Revolution. He later joined the Civic Democratic Party. Bibliography Žirafy pro Československo (1970) Sen safari (1971) (with his wife Zdena Vágnerová) Simba a ti druzí (1973) Safari pod Kilimandžárem (1975) (with Naďa Schneiderová) (translated into Russian by S.V. Davydjuk and published in Russia - USSR as Safari pod Kilimandžaro in 1979 and 1984) (translated into Slovak by J. Blicha and published in Slovakia as Safari pod Kilimandžárom in 1985) (translated into Hungarian by J. Magyar and published in Hungary as Szafari a Kilimandzsáró alatt in 1988) Mzuri Africa (1975) Afrika: raj a peklo zvířat: (od Atlasu na jih) (1978) (published again in 1979 and 1990) (translated into Russian by I. Macuľskoj and published in Russia - USSR as Afrika, raj i ad dlja zhivotnych in 1987) (translated into German by L. Teltscherová and published in Germany as Afrika: Paradies und Hölle der Tiere in 1989) (translated into French by D. Doppia and published in France as Afrique: Paradis et enfer des animaux in 1989) Afrika: život a smrt zvířat: vyprávění o afrických zvířatech, přírodě a lidech od Dračích hor na sever (1979) (published again in 1987) Lev není králem zvířat (1981) (with Naďa Schneiderová) (published originally in Slovak as Lev nie je kráľom zvierat in 1981 and again in 1986 and 1988) (1st Czech edition in 1990) (translated into Russian by V. Rjabtschenko and E. Rulina and published in Russia - USSR as Car' zverej ne lev in 1984, 1987 and 1989) (translated into Hungarian by J. Mayer and published in Hungary as Az oroszlán nem az állatok királya in 1984) (translated into Polish by E. M. Hunca and published in Poland as Lew nie jest królem zwierząt in 1986 and 1989) Afrika (1987) Animals of Africa (1989) (first published in the UK) Zvířata v Africe (1992) (translated into Polish